A Tri-Border Town Built on Timber. Nestled on a bend of the Yavarí River near the Colombia and Brazil borders, Peru’s Islandia sits on an ideal corner for receiving boatloads of wood. “In Islandia ...

Coca growing in Peru’s Amazon first took hold further south of the tri-border, in the Upper Huallaga Valley, which extends for 322 kilometers along the Huallaga River in central Peru.In the early ...

Foreign Ministers Laura Sarabia of Colombia and Elmer Schialer of Peru announced the full normalization of diplomatic relations Friday. Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT.

Peru and Colombia are the world's largest producers of both coca leaf and cocaine, according to the United Nations. Figueroa estimated that current coca crops could have produced some 870 tons of ...

The department of Loreto, in northeast Peru, shares a nearly uninhabited border with Ecuador, Colombia and Brazil, making it ideal for illegal logging and wildlife trafficking.